26th anniversary of Operation Blue Star observed

Sikh bodies, including SGPC and Akal Takht, observe the anniversary every year.

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PTI

June 6, 2010

UPDATED: June 7, 2010 11:50 IST

Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, today observed the 26th anniversary of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple here as genocide day, saying the wounds inflicted on the community's psyche by the offensive were yet to heal.

"The Sikh community all over the world still feels the unhealed wounds of Operation Blue Star, Akal Takht Jathedar Gyani Gurbachan Singh said addressing a function held by the SGPC to mark the occasion at the Temple where the operation was carried out by the Indian army in 1984 to flush out pro-Khalistan militants.

Accusing the Union government of doing nothing for the return of those Sikhs who fled the country due to a sense of insecurity in the 1980s, he said atrocities are still being inflicted on the community.

Quoting the tenth Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh, the Jathedar said, "There is nothing wrong to raise weapon for justice when all other social remedies become ineffective."